Linda Barker index
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American Tag Team Wrestling/Zeppelin (YS82, 86)Okay, so it's not the most complex game in the world. But while it lasts, it's blimmin' excellent fun. Bangers And Mash/Alternative (YS78, 70) Platform, jungle fun for the younger Spec-chum. Biff/Beyond Belief (YS77, 80) Cute, Dizzy-style collect-'em-up puzzler. Champ, The/Linel (YS65, 58) Weak boxing sim completely lacking in the excitement dept. Championship 3D Snooker/Zeppelin (YS80, 70) Cheap and cheerful snooker sim. Crystal Kingdom Dizzy/Codemasters (YS84, 70) Fans will enjoy this caper, but will they be willing to pay more? Probably! Days Of Thunder/Mindscape (YS61, 70) Averageish driving game about a fairly boring sort of racing. Not massively thrill-packed, it has to be said. Dizzy's Excellent Adventures/Codemasters (YS73, 90) A complete and utter barg and a must for the festive period. Good, clean family entertainment. Edd The Duck/Impulze (YS62, 83) Neat and clourful Rainbow Islands clone with a cutsie BBC puppet. Fun, but not all that original. European Superleague/CDS (YS67, 80) Easy-to-pick-up footie management sim, with more life that most, and plenty of clever touches. F-16 Combat Pilot/Digital Integration (YS62, 92) Well programmed, bloomin' complicated - perhaps the ultimate Speccy flight sim. First Division Manager/Codemasters (YS70, 50) Fairly good management sequences but the whole thing's ruined by the appalling arcade bit. Five On A Treasure Island/Enigma Variations (YS66, 83) Really nice adventure game. Easy to understand, plenty of action, and good for beginners. Golden Axe/Virgin (YS61, 91) Brilliant beat-'em-up with loads of characters, colour and nice little touches. The best of its kind all year. Grell And Falla/Codemasters (YS79, 85) Amazingly cute scrolly/platform action that just misses being one of the best things ever. Hideous/Alternative (YS81, 70) Plesant enough maze-y, pushy block-y kind of game that's, sadly, too dated to be brilliant. Hollywood Collection/Ocean (YS60, 87) Three and a half strong games, and all big names too - excellent value for beginners. International Tennis/Zeppelin (YS85, 82) A game, set and match of International Tennis could be just what you're after. Light Corridor, The/Infogrames (YS64, 80) Not at all easy squash-like affair, with really good game-maker. Well worth wasting some time on! Line Of Fire/US Gold (YS61, 72) Disappointing Op Wolf variant that claims to be different but isn't at all really. Man Utd Europe/Krisalis (YS69, 79) Footie sim with slow management bits and fast arcade sequences. A good all rounder. Moontorc/Atlantis (YS74, 70) Uppy, downy, acrossy, abouty game that's a tad lacking! Narco Police/Dinamic (YS64, 83) A 'strategy' shoot-'em-up with good looks and brains too! Nigel Mansell's World Championship/Gremlin (YS87, 80) Little wrong with it, but nothing that makes you think this is something to be treasured for ever. Good clean competent fun. North And South/Infogrames (YS63, 90) Juicy strategy/arcade game, brill with two-player option. Colourful, clever and a lorra, lorra fun! Pick 'n' Pile/Ubisoft (YS62, 80) Colourful French variation on the puzzle game theme - addictive, but not as good as Puzznic (for instance). Platinum/US Gold (YS62, 89) Four of the best games US Gold have done (plus one freebie) - you can't go far wrong, can you? Power Up/Ocean (YS66, 90) An absolutely truly scrumptious compilations. 3 incredibly good Megagames and a couple of nice other things. Return Of The Witch Lord - Hero Quest Expansion Kit/Gremlin (YS70, 86) A definite must-buy for everyone who's already got Hero Quest. A barg! Robin Hood: Legend Quest/Codemasters (YS86, 90) Super! Pick up a copy and become a Merry Person riding through the glen. Robocop III/Ocean (YS76, 86) Monochrome, jump-about-a-lot and kill people thang that's plenty of fun. Santa's Xmas Caper/Zeppelin (YS73, 14) Imagine a class of infants making a Christmassy computer game and you'll have a good idea of what this is like. Sharkey's Moll/Zeppelin (YS69, 54) Uninspired and uninspiring Op Wolf-style shoot-'em-up. Shoe People, The/Gremlin (YS78, 85) A big bundle of spanky educational software with a thick coating of cuddly fun. Sidewinder II/Virgin (YS85, 68) It doesn't matter how old-fashioned games like this are, they're always fun. Skull And Crossbones/Domark (YS67, 72) Fun but facile coin-op conversion. A piratical slash-'n'-pick-'em-up with confusing sprites. Sky High Stuntman/Codemasters (YS72, 80) An airborne shoot-'em-up with a film theme. Quite nice really. Space Crusade/Gremlin (YS75, 92) A stonker of a game that'll have you playing for hours. Steg/Codemasters (YS84, 90) Steg is a fine game, in fact it's a right little charmer! Supersports Challenge/Codemasters (YS88, 81) Cue Boy is ace International Speedway isn't. The rest is dandy enough and worth your pennies, especially Cue Boy. Sword Of The Samurai/Zeppelin (YS83, 72) Four quid can't buy you much these days, so why not spend it on a game that'll keep you happy for a while. War Machine/Players (YS84, 30) Waterworks (SAM)/FRED (YS88, 80) I really enjoyed playing it, but I can see why people wouldn't like it. Non-puzzle fanatics should knock 25% off the score. Wile E Coyote/Hi-Tec (YS74, 68) Samey and disappointing collect-'em-up with extremely obscure graphics. Wrestling Superstars/Codemasters (YS86, 60) 'S all right, innit? 1992: That Was The Year That Was (YS86) |